Qué ver en Tekirdağ

The exhibition of this museum, which is situated in a building essentially built as the governor mansion in 1928, is mainly composed of the findings of the excavations of Perinthos and numerous tumulii in the region. The oldest objects in exhibition date back to 4500 BCE. Among the display is the mummified (and reconstructed) body of Thracian king Kersepleptes.…

There are many 18th and 19th century houses in the city spared from the fury of the bulldozer and concrete-mania. Most of them are wooden, and some are built of stone or brick like traditional Mediterranean houses. However, even most of the left ones are in a near, or almost total ruin state.…

An 18th century Tekirdağ house in which Francis II Rakoczi lived while in exile. The house was restored in early 1980s almost totally the same as how it looked like when a Hungarian painter went to Tekirdağ and drew illustrations of the interior of house in 1906.…

Mumcu Çeşme Rd Been built by Rakoczi, this fountain contains Latin and Ottoman Turkish inscriptions and situated between two old plane trees (platanus spp) which might be planted by Francis II Rakoczi himself.…

A quite large parkland near the sea (near the otogar and the marina). The park contains statues of Namık Kemal and Francis II Rakoczi. There is also a statue of Kelemen Mikes, carved in wood in Hungarian style.…

Although little in terms of grandeur compared with his some other works, the mosque is a work of Sinan, probably the biggest architect of Ottoman Empire. It was built in 1553. Next to the mosque is bedesten or bazaar. Actually, a replica of a bazaar, which was constructed in 1980s.…

Namık Kemal St 7 (behind the presidency of Namık Kemal University, the old building across the street from City Council - Belediye) - A replica of the house where Namık Kemal, a native of the city and considered one of the national poets of Turkey, was born. Houses "Local History Association" inside.

This historical building is also called bedesten but the renovation works within hundreds of years has taken too much from its original appearance. It now houses herbalist shops. Near the Eski Mosque on the high street.